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On October 24, the Navigator's "Yuanhang" rocket made its first flight on time, carrying the first unmanned spacecraft of mankind, and flew to distant Mars.

The first flight of the "Yuanhang" super-heavy carrier rocket was very successful. Two booster rockets and one core-level rocket of the same model were successfully recovered and landed on a recovery vessel modified by Navigator from a merchant ship.

For this type of super-heavy rocket, Navigator has done a lot of work, except for the unfinished near-equator launch site and a dedicated rocket carrier, everything else is almost ready.

The rocket carrier can temporarily use the national team, so only the space launch site near the equator is left.

According to the plan, the construction progress of the launch site is very good, and it is estimated that it can be put into use before manned landing on the moon next summer.

However, once it is put into use, it will not launch Tianxia's first manned moon landing spacecraft at his launch site. That is the patent of the national team. Especially with the word "first time", he does not intend to be a "hero".

The first stage and the same type of booster of the "Yuanhang" were successfully recovered, and a feat was also completed that day, that is, the first successful recovery of the second stage rocket.

After the secondary rocket was shut down and separated, it fell down according to the predetermined trajectory, and when it reached the predetermined position, the inflatable heat shield opened.

This feat occurred when it splashed smoothly into the predetermined sea area.

The first inflatable heat shield of mankind successfully landed from space orbit!

It's still the kind of "cargo", not some kind of test.

There have been similar tests in the world before, but no country has succeeded.

Throw it straight down from the track and it failed.

Throwing it down in the suborbital track also loses more than you succeed.

This is the test result of other countries before this mission by Navigator.

The outside world knows that this launch mission, Navigator Company has rarely tested the rocket. They think Navigator is very in a hurry, and this success is a fluke.

It may not be so successful next time.

Launch hastily without testing, and future "major accidents" will teach the navigator how to comply with the strict testing system.

But only the engineers inside the Navigator knew that Tang Chao had succeeded again.

Navigator’s technology is already advanced to the point where many testing links can be omitted.

It's not that they are too arrogant, but because their technology has indeed reached this stage. If they don't do that, it will cause a serious waste of resources and time.

As successful as the "Yuanhang" rocket, it is mankind's first unmanned detection spacecraft.

The 32-ton big guy flies to Mars. This is definitely the largest Mars exploration device in human history. When it unfolded its solar wing and ignited the advanced ion engine array, the crews of the two space stations clearly saw the blue jet of the spacecraft. Color plume, and recorded this spectacular scene with a video camera.

Some people on Earth recorded this scene, but they used an astronomical telescope, and the recorded scene was not very clear.

But this is enough to shock people.

Of course, the more shocking is still behind. When the videos taken on the two space stations were reviewed by the NASA, they released the videos.

That clarity, that jet plume, that sci-fi blue light, absolutely!

Ah, I'm done!

In fact, it was released by Tianxia first, after all, this is a long-faced thing for Tianxia.

Originally, there was no problem with the Meriken Space Agency, but now the government is involved in many things, so the government has also seen it. The result is that they don't want to promote Tianxia.

Even if they said in various public places: "Aliens are here, we should work together."

But public places are public places and private places are private. Meriken definitely does not want Tianxia to be good, nor does it want to promote Tianxia.

But after Tianxia releases the video and high-definition images, if they don't let it go, they seem to be stingy. This is very unfavorable in public opinion and propaganda. In terms of propaganda, Meriken is a master.

So they immediately released the videos and images they had taken here, and accompanied them with professional explanations, indicating that the power system of the spacecraft...not bad.

Well, this is Meriken's last reserve.

The long voyage of this unmanned spacecraft shows that mankind has once again extended a step into space, going further and further.

This means that the future of the solar system will become more and more lively.

All of this is actually related to the unknown detector.

Without it, human beings would have come to this point, but definitely not so fast.

Because of this external pressure, all countries, especially large countries with space conditions, will definitely develop the space industry more vigorously while ensuring that people’s livelihood conditions are not changed much.

There are also various large-scale space programs now, and they are much more radical than usual.

Even many dangerous items are no longer covered up, or the cover up is not so deep. After all, there is the big guise of "alien", and what dangerous content is directly pushed to the purpose of "dealing with aliens" That's it.

During this period of time, some countries have not only launched some satellites, but the number of satellites launched in the future has also increased by several orders of magnitude.

Even if some commercial satellites they are talking about are not sure, many people suspect that weapons are installed on those satellites.

People in the past would definitely be terrified, but now...

"To deal with aliens, all this is worth it."

Some people said.

As for whether there are any forces behind to promote this topic, I don't know.

Tang Chao didn't expect that he still hoped to use this opportunity to enhance international cooperation between countries, but he didn't expect it to be a different matter.

Although on the surface it is a trend to cooperate, privately, it seems that the division has become more serious.

This is so special, Tang Chao didn't know what to say.

Human beings are so contrived.

In space, it's another situation.

On Mars orbit, a broken spaceship suddenly appeared!

"what--"

"This should be the last time. After flashing this time, the remaining energy should be consumed."

"That means we are safe? There will be no more unexpected flickers?"

"Yes, we are safe. Don't worry about being burnt when flashing into the stars."

"That's good... wait, we seem to be caught by gravity..."

"What do you mean? Aren't we in the gravitational field of this star?"

The little green people in the dilapidated spaceship were talking messy information, and soon they noticed the huge red planet outside the porthole.

In the solar system, this planet is called Mars.

They feel very much like the "Duna" of the Kan galaxy, and they have already established a manufacturing base on it.

"We were captured by the planet."

"It's not the third one we expected, but the fourth one. It doesn't seem to be very suitable for living creatures."

"It doesn't matter, this one is much better than the others. The chances that we can survive for a long time on the top...not small."

"I think we still think about the current situation. We have no motivation and we are captured by the gravitational field of a planet again, which means..."

"This means that we are going to fall!"

"what--"

The falling speed of this spacecraft is much faster than that of an artificial satellite that has lost power. It will take months or even years for an artificial satellite that has lost power to fall, and the spacecraft is already facing the fiery red at a very large cutting angle. The planet rushed past.

"Carrara~Carrara~"

I don't know what is not fixed or broken parts are colliding fast, the four little green men are ready to fall, and even if something goes wrong, they will eject themselves and then open the parachute to land.

"Bang Dang~"

"Boom~"

With a loud noise, the spacecraft vibrated violently and began to spin!

The little green people shouted more exaggeratedly.

Outside the spacecraft, the fallen spacecraft directly slammed into a Mars probe, and the probe instantly turned into fragments, following the broken spacecraft falling towards Mars.

And among those fragments, the stars and stripes on a certain fragment are clearly visible.

At this moment, the yelling captain stopped yelling, "Hey, we received a short-range communication signal, which turned out to be Detector 34!"

These words directly silenced the other three little green men.

"Really? Let me Kangkang!"

"It turned out to be real, it is really the No. 34 detector, but its condition is not good, and many modules have problems."

"It's falling too, but it's a lot longer than us."

"Did you think of these things?"

Captain Linus looked at them angrily: "Detector 34 is also here, and it arrives before us. That proves that the wormhole is not a one-off, it is probably a one-way passage, which means we can wait. Come to follow the fleet!"

"Yes, that's it!"

"WOOOOO!"

The little green people were excited again, and even the process of spinning and falling began to become joyous.

They are happy, the people on earth are not happy, especially Meriken.

As soon as the communication delay time passed, Meriken Space Agency received bad news.

Their Martian Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission Probe, also known as "MAVEN" in English, is missing.

This probe was launched only a few years ago in order to investigate the mystery of the disappearance of the Martian atmosphere, and to find the source of water and the cause of the disappearance of carbon dioxide on Mars.

It is very important to Meriken Space Agency. Since they lost interest in the moon, they have set their sights on Mars, so every probe is very important.

The MAVEN Mars probe runs in the orbit of Mars most of the time, passing through the outer edge of the Martian atmosphere from time to time, using 8 instruments to measure gas and monitor surrounding conditions.

These measurements can help researchers understand how uninterrupted solar particle winds collided with asteroids and interacted with chemicals on the surface of Mars over hundreds of millions of years, depleting water and other gases in the atmosphere.

Researchers can use the detected data to model. By combining these models with the information they know about how the sun changes over time, researchers can infer the density and composition of Mars' atmosphere during different historical periods.

This is very important for exploring whether life has ever existed on Mars, and it is also an important research project for them.

Not to mention that in February of this year, it also conducted a relay guidance for the Perseverance Mars probe launched last summer, and specially adjusted its orbit for the relay mission.

It was such an important orbital probe that lost contact 10 minutes ago.

The Meriken Space Mission Center is in a mess.

"What's going on, is it a technical problem?"

"Is it a solar storm? No, it's not a solar storm. The sun is very good at this time!"

"Perhaps the alien probe, it attacked our probe!"

"Ah, this is not impossible. After all, it is an alien probe. We don't know what is installed on it."

"Will it be an impact? Whether it's meteorites, garbage, debris, debris, everything possible."

"I don't know, there is too little information, we need more information!"

"What about the other probes, now they are all aimed at the orbit of Mars, see if they find anything?"

"Yes, yes, take the data from other detectors!"

Fortunately, the chaos is only short-lived. After thinking of all the possibilities, the technicians rushed to verify it. It was only a short time, and the chaotic shouts were less and more orderly.

It's just that the order is not maintained for long, because none of the data they found found anything.

Not only did this incident not happen, but the mission to find unknown detectors previously issued also showed no signs.

The probe that lost contact with each other was not the one that secretly changed its orbit. If it was that one, it would have vomited blood.

Well, this one is similar.

A group of uncomfortable hearts.

In addition to the two remaining in their orbits, they also checked the Petroleum Alliance probe and the Peacock Nation probe that had control rights. There was also no news.

The two Europa stars are negotiating and it is estimated that the data will be available in a while.

The rest is Tianxia's Tianwen-1 detector.

Tianxia updates the information searched by Tianwen-1 every night at 12 o'clock, but Meriken still feels that Tianxia Space Agency has concealed it because they did it.

The information obtained by the probe they secretly activated has never been disclosed to other organizations.

In fact, the Tianwen No. 1 detector really made a big discovery today, but it's just that no one else knows until today's data upload time.

Just when Meriken received the missing signal from the detector, Tianxia obtained some precious information at the same time. After a few minutes, they obtained a photo!

That is a photo of the detector. Although it is not in high-definition, you can't see the details. You can only see an outline, but it's enough for comparison.

After comparison, they found that the detector in that photo does not belong to any detector that has been launched by humans.

"That's right, that's it!"

"We found it! We found it!"

"Quickly, control Tianwen No.1 and move forward. We need a clearer image!"

"understand!"

"Xiao Li, notify the heads of various departments to have a meeting!"

"understand!"

The Tianxia Space Center also moved quickly.

This matter is too important, even if there was an agreement with the United Nations before, but when it is found, Tianxia has to think about it carefully.

During the meeting, the discovery process of the mysterious probe by the Tianwen-1 probe was sent over.

A key node is that the mysterious detector sent some information on its own initiative.

Before receiving this piece of information, Tianwen No.1 had already found the neighborhood based on many previous information.

Upon receiving this new piece of information, Tianwen No.1 made an urgent calculation, and then quickly adjusted its orbit and direction to find an accurate location.

In an instant, the first photo of this mysterious detector was taken!